SouthViews No. 254, 10 November 2023
Digital Health Challenges in the South: Towards Better Integration of Digital Health Practices
By Dr. Azeema Fareed and Ms. Farhana Saleem (COMSATS)
Much like any innovation, diffusion of digital health technologies in different countries depends on their level of development, availability of infrastructure, socio-economic conditions and indigenous strengths and weaknesses, political will and stability, demographics as well as social norms. Naturally for developing countries, social, economic, and technological set-backs make digital health adoption, implementation and mainstreaming more challenging. Using WHO’s e-Health components, this article highlights key challenges impacting digital health adoption in developing countries in the light of COMSATS’ experience.